They were partying and they decided to joke which can be very expensive. Four residents of Beneixama, about 30 years old, were identified by the Civil Guard in connection with the incendiary device found in the only area of the Sierra de La Solana that was saved from the bushfire last summer. HE pyrotechnic mechanism A hiker found him at the end of July, and a few days ago investigators were able to identify the four alleged perpetrators.
The Civil Guard received a demonstration from all of them, and one deemed perpetrator complained of manipulating pyrotechnic material by inserting gunpowder from one firework into another to increase his power. In any case, the investigation is still ongoing and other residents of the town may be called to testify in the next few days.
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It was a Beneixama resident wandering through the La Talaeta area on Saturday morning who found the box in full sun, next to some dry bushes and meters away from a pine forest, as this newspaper reported on July 28. . After informing the Local Police, a patrol went to the scene and the agents awaited the arrival of the Villena Civil Guard so they could retrieve the primitive assembly for inspection by experts from Alicante Command. Inside a plastic fast food container were a pack of cigarettes and, among other objects, a powerful firecracker with a wick held by a plastic strap, thin paper, and a small electric shock device.
The impression given to the officials who collected the work is that the work was in place a short time ago and the owner or authors knew the area well. It was located at the foot of the road, near the monastery of San Isidro and a sanctuary, about five hundred meters from the area completely devastated by fire and three kilometers from the urban area.
After the discovery, Beneixama mayor Vicente Ibáñez noted that “it may have been a children’s joke or an unfortunate joke, as the box is near a road often frequented by hikers and the San Isidro hermitage.” and from a shelter». Well, the time to give him the reason is over. It was also denied that those identified intended to set the mountain on fire. They were just partying and laughing and decided to speculate on how the real arsonist set the mountain on fire.
IN 2019, 862 hectares of mountain were damaged by fire
On July 15, 2019, a fire broke out in the Sierra de Beneixama that destroyed 862 hectares of forest and farmland. The fire was deliberate. This was determined by the Seprona investigation. In the previous days, four attempts had already been registered in Biar. Agents are keeping the case open, but have failed to show any of the investigation avenues pursued so far as criminal.